Page 111 - fourth year book

SCHOOL HEALTH

• Consider increasing the number of teachers, if possible, to allow for
fewer students per classroom (if space is available)

• Advise against crowding during school pick-up or day care, and if

possible avoid pick up by older family or community members (e.g.
grandparents)

• Minimize shared break times, i.e. alternate when and where classes

take lunch

• Discuss how to manage physical education and sports lessons

• Move lessons outdoors or ventilate rooms as much as possible

• Create awareness to ensure the students do not gather and socialize
when leaving the school and in their free time

2- Early detection and correction of non-communicable diseases

The non-communicable diseases among school-age children are:

1. Nutritional problems: obesity, underweight, stunted growth,
vitamins, calcium and iron deficiency.
2. Dental defects: dental caries, diseases of gums
3. Errors of refraction: myopia (Nearsightedness),hypermetropia
(hyperopia, long-sightedness)
4. Hearing impairment: due to frequent, inadequately treated middle
ear infections ( OM)

5. Chronic health problems: Adenoids , rheumatic heart diseases,
diabetes, epilepsy, cancers and bronchial asthma
6. Speech defects
7. Emotional and behavioral problems

3- Early identification and education of students with special
disabilities:

Disabling conditions include mental retardation, speech
impairment, visual impairment, learning, physical disabilities, emotional
disturbance and deaf- blindness. Such impairments need medical, social,

emotional and educational care. Most specialists prefer educating this
group in the same school with normal children whenever possible.

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